The Smoke

:"The Smoke is also a nickname for London."Infobox musical artist
Name = The Smoke


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Alias = Chords Five
Origin = Flagicon|England York, England
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Genre = psychedelic pop, pop music
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Years_active = 1965-1976
Label =Island Records
Columbia (EMI)
Metronome Records (Germany),
Associated_acts = Boney M.
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Current_members = Mick Rowley (vocals)
Mal Luker (guitar)
John "Zeke" Lund (bass)
Geoff Gill (drums)
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The Smoke was an English pop group from York. Their biggest hit was "My Friend Jack" (German Charts: #2, UK charts: #45). They consisted of Mick Rowley (lead vocals) (born Michael Rowley, 29 June 1946, in Scarborough, Yorkshire), Mal Luker (lead guitar) (born Malcom Luker, 3 March 1946, in New Dehli, India), "Zeke" Lund (bass) (born John Lund, 13 November 1945, in York, Yorkshire) and Geoff Gill (drums) (born Geoffrey Gill, 15 May 1949, in York). Zeke Lund went on to be a sound engineer for Boney M., who recorded "My Friend Jack".

Discography

Album

* 1967: "It's Smoke Time" (Metronome, Germany-only)

Singles

;as "The Shots"
* 1965: Keep A Hold Of What You've Got / She's A Liar (UK)
* 1965: There She Goes / Walk Right Out The Door (UK);as "Chords Five"
* 1967: I Am Only Dreaming / Universal Vagrant (UK)
* 1968: Some People / Battersea Fair (UK)
* 1969: Same Old Fat Man / Hold On To Everything You've Got (UK);as "The Smoke"
* 1967: My Friend Jack / We Can Take It (D)
* 1967: High In A Room / If The Wheater's Sunny (D)
* 1967: If The Wheater's Sunny / I Would If I Could, But I Can't (UK)
* 1967: Victor Henry's Cool Book / Have Some More Tea (D)
* 1967: It Could Be Wonderful / Have Some More Tea (UK)
* 1968: Utterly Simple / Sydney Gill (UK)
* 1968: Sydney Gill / It Could Be Wonderful (D)
* 1970: Dreams Of Dreams / My Birth (UK)
* 1971: Ride, Ride, Ride / Guy Fawkes (UK)
* 1972: Sugar Man / That's What I Want (D)
* 1972: Jack Is Back / That's What I Want (F)
* 1974: Shagalagalu / Gimme Good Loving (D)
* 1974: My Lullaby / Looking High (UK)
* 1976: My Friend Jack, (1976 version) / Lady (F)

External links

*http://www.marmalade-skies.co.uk/smoke.htm
*http://www.myspace.com/thesmokeuk Fan page